Group urges government to more closely supervise home caregivers

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/22
By: Lung Pei-ning and Lee Mei-yu

Taipei, Oct. 22 (CNA) Taiwanese government and local organizations should work together to establish a system of supervision to prevent any possible incidents of abuse in the future, the Taiwan Association of Family caregivers said Thursday.

The association made the remarks in response to the recent case of an Indonesian caregiver who recorded a video of her being abused by her employer.

Chen Jing-ling (陳景寧), president of the Taiwan Association of Family Caregivers, said that domestic caregivers face many challenges and issues of their own including physical and emotional stress.     [FULL  STORY]